5/9/18: The Man Who Would Be Mussolini is reported to have erupted in a rage on hearing that illegal border crossings are on the rise again. Trump is said to be fuming because crossings in April and May have risen to 50,000, triple the number during the same period in 2017.
America, Trump grumbled, has the “dumbest immigration laws anywhere on earth,” “the worst immigration laws in history.” These were “laws that were written by people that truly could not love our country [emphasis added].”
Convince your followers your enemies hate the country.
That’s the Hater’s Game: Trump’s opponents never simply disagree. They don’t love this country. The president wants supporters to believe it’s Trump vs. evil, patriot vs. traitor. The same game worked for Mussolini and the fascists. In an even more toxic form, it worked for Hitler and the Nazis. Paint your opponents as irredeemable enemies of the nation – of the State – scare your followers – and stir up the hate.
Good vs. evil – and the State represents good.
George Orwell explained.
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